UM-Flint’s Smoke-Free Campus

The University of Michigan-Flint campus has been smoke-free since July 1, 2011. Our focus is on helping the campus community become tobacco-free by providing information on the resources available to help quit tobacco use. The goal is to establish a culture that supports a smoke-free community. The success of the policy is dependent on the thoughtfulness, consideration, and cooperation of smokers and non-smokers. http://spg.umich.edu/policy/601.04

Smoking is permitted in privately owned vehicles and sidewalks adjacent to public areas. The Smoke-Free campus boundary map can be found below.

To inform visitors and remind the campus community of the smoke-free policy, cement urns, marked with special signage, are placed around the periphery of the campus to collect discarded smoking materials.

Please contact HR with questions related to the Smoke-Free Campus policy at 810-762-3150.

Student Health Committee (SHC)

There is a commitment by groups and organizations to improve the health of the campus. One organization taking a leading role in that effort is the Student Health Committee (SHC).

“The SHC is composed of faculty, staff, students and members of health-related community organizations,” said Theresa Landis, director of Auxiliary and Recreational Services. The committee has taken on the role of increasing awareness about the Smoke-Free Policy and the health benefits and resources that are designed to support becoming tobacco-free.

Smoke Free Resources

The MHealthy Tobacco Consultation Service (TCS) is one of the resource available to help both employees and students of the University of Michigan, as well as patients of the University of Michigan Health System to quit tobacco. TCS offers a variety of tobacco treatment options to meet the needs of the U of M community, and provides tobacco treatment services in a non-judgmental, supportive environment.

Staff Testmonial

"In the early spring of 2009, I started a smoking sensation program here at the University of Michigan-Flint. On Thursday, March 19, I decided I would not light up a cigarette again. I had smoked at least a pack a day for more than 40 years. In April, I graduated from the program promising to remain nicotine-free. I’ve stuck to my commitment made back in 2009. It’s been 5 years now and I’m well on the way to helping this body repair the damage done during those past 40 years of smoking. I accomplished what I consider ‘a miracle’ in just deciding to take that class."

"I can't believe I quit smoking AND I didn't even gain any weight! I am so excited. I am telling all my friends.”